Bicycle-support



(No Model.)

H GEIDT BICYCLE SUPPORT;

Patented Apr. 12, 1898.

-NITED STATES PATENT Fries.

HENRY GEIDT, or BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

BICYCLE-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 602,318, dated April12, 1898.

Application filed April 13, 1897.

To all whom it nuty concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY GEIDT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, State of Maryland, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Bicycle Supports; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

The invention relates to a novel construction of bicycle-supportcomplete in itself and adapted to be readily attached to bicycles inuse.

It consists in the combination, with a rodsupport, of a clip forattaching said rod to the machine-frame, an interposed beveled andrabbeted hanger pivoted to the clip to stand in oblique relation theretoand to which said rod is connected by a transverse pivot, and a clip onthe swinging end of the supportingrod for engaging it with the frame inits folded position, as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation showing aportion of a bicycle-frame with the improved support applied thereto.Fig. 2 is a rear elevation .of the same parts, showing the support infull lines in operative position and folded in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the support detached and with the central portion ofthe supporting-rod broken away.

1 indicates the rear brace of abicycle-frame, and 2 the improvedsupporting-rod applied thereto. This rod is provided at what would beits upper end in operative position with an extension bent at rightangles to said end and journaled in a hanger 3 and adapting it to befolded or thrown out in relation thereto, as will appear. This hanger 3is provided with a rabbet or offset at 4 of sufficient depth toaccommodate the diameter of the rod 2, lying therein, when turned ineither direction, the pin of the rod being pivoted to the thickerportion of said hanger. The upper end of this hanger is beveled orinclined relative to its inner and outer faces and is connected by anupright pivot with a lug formed on the loop of a clip 5 by means of asetscrew 6, passing through said lug and engaging the upper inclinedface of the hanger.

Serial No. 631,935, (No model.)

The clip is U-shaped to embrace the rear brace of a bicycle-frame, andthe ends of the arms thereof are perforated and receive a through-bolt 7adapted to draw the arms of said clip snugly upon the said rear brace in'a manner that will be readily understood, the

clip being made of spring metal for that purpose. 1

By the arrangement described it will be seen that the hanger is set ininclined relation' to the clip and to the side of the rear brace of theframe with which it is connected, thereby giving to the supporting-rod 2an inclined or bracing position when in use. To the outer face of thehanger 3 is pivoted a button 8, which when the rod is in operativeposition is turned down over said rod and rests upon a stop-pin 9 forlocking said rod in said position and preventing it from being turned onits supporting-pivot. Near the lower end of the rod'2 is secured asecond clip 11, formed, like the first named, of spring metal, U-shaped, and securely fastened to the rod, its arms, like those of theclip 5, being preferably incased with rubber to prevent scratching ormarring of the frame-bar with which they are to be connected.

When in use, the supporting-rod is thrown outward and downward, itspoint (indicated at 10) resting upon the floor or other surface andstanding in obliquerelation thereto and to the bicycle-frame forsupporting the latter in upright position, and the clip 11 serves as afoot-rest for forcing the point into engagement with the surface uponwhich it rests and preventing slipping of the same. When not in use, thebutton locking said rod allows the rod to be folded up against the frameof the machine, when the clip 11 springs into engagement, with the upperportion of the rear brace and locks the same in its folded position in amanner that will be readily under stood.

By the construction described it will be seen that all the parts of thesupport are combined in a simple device separate from the bicycleframe,and as such can be readily manufactured complete in itself and afterwardattached to any of the machines in common use, thereby obviating thenecessity for any special appliance for its attachment to any machine.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In abicycle-support, the U-shaped clip adapted to be connected to theupright framebar and provided on its loop end with a perforated lug orear, in combination with a rabbeted hanger having one end beveled andconnected to said lug to stand in oblique relation thereto by an uprightpivot, and a rodsupport connected to said hanger by a transverse pivotto lie normally within the rabbeted hanger, substantially as described.

2. In a bicycle-support comprising a pointed rod, a U-shaped clip forconnecting said rod to the rear brace of the bicycle, a hanger having atransverse perforation and one end beveled and pivoted to an ear 011 theloop end HENRY GEIDT.

\Vitnesses:

GEO. W. SHARETTS, JOHN T. BARBER.

